Facebook friends could hurt your credit score

Traditional lenders look at your credit score and payment history to determine if you're a good bet, but now, a handful of tech start-up companies are helping them use Facebook to add to that money picture.

Like Lenddo, which looks at who your friends are on Facebook. If you're friends with someone who is late paying back a loan, it might be bad for you.

Another company, called Kreditech, goes further, looking at Facebook, eBay and Twitter to learn more about your financial picture.

The companies are start-ups and are not being used by big lenders, as of now.

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